On friday we went to the V&A museum to visit the game design exhibit and the Tate museum to look at fine art.
The game design exhibit consisted of 3 rooms; the first included information and facts about different games, how they are made and the creators, the second had a wide screen playing montages and videos of the different steps and parts of a games and how they have impacted players, and the last room help multiple different, unusual games free to play.
I found the first room interesting as it shower you examples of the development of games, such as the designers notes and sketches, that you normally wouldn't be able to see, and it was quite interactive as it included demo games, booklets and headphones which played soundtracks and sound effects.
In the second room I had a chance to sit down to watch the videos playing on the screen, The videos included aspects of game design, how games have impacted people around the world and examples of some of the biggest games (such as Minecraft and Overwatch).
The third room however is where I spend most of my time as you got to play quite unusual but enjoyable games. My favourite game being a light game in which you were a white light and you had to reach the next level by eliminating red dots and strobes of light by shaking the joystick back and forth as fast as you can. I really liked this game as the light effects were mesmerising and although it got harder the further you got, it was very easy to get addictive and want to reach the end.
I also loved the art work through out the exhibit as it really helped immerse you into the exhibit and fit every section; bright pop art, graffiti and doodles in the third room and complex, moody art in the first room.
Overall, I quite liked the Game Design Exhibit as although I'm not very into games, I found this very enjoyable and engaged people who may not necessarily play video games.
After the V&A Museum we took the train to the Tate Museum where we went around, looked at the art work and picked out some of our favourites.
The first painting I liked was "Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose" by John Singer Sargent. I loved this painting because of the glow that was created in the lanterns and the delicateness and innocence it gave off. From reading the description I learnt that the painter came across an area of Chinese Lanterns among trees and lilies along the river bank and that in order to capture the mixture of the light in the dusk he painted outside. I also discovered some sketches John had made of the two girls in the museum which I have put in underneath.
The second painting I liked was 'Cloud Study' by John Constable painted in 1822. I enjoyed this painting because of the light, pastel colours he used, how he captured the texture of the clouds. I couldn't find much information on this painting other then it being an oil painting on paper and that he found it hard to create the perfect texture and detail due to the speed of the clouds.
The last painting I really like was 'The Field of Waterloo' painted by Joseph Mallord William Turner in 1810. This paining stood out me with the extreme contrast between the light areas of the lightning and torch to the dark surroundings.
Overall, I quite enjoyed the V&A and Tate Museum trip as I got to see the different aspects that goes into making a video game and different artists work and techniques.
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